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H. A. FRIDEN & A. SWANSON.

PLOW.

No. 590,494. Patented Sept. 21,1897.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OEEIcE.

IIENNING A. FRIDFN AND ANDREIV SIVANSON, OF NEIV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 590,494, dated September21, 1897.

A li ti fil d October 31, 1896, Serial No. 610,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENNING A. FRIDEN and ANDREW SWANsON, citizens ofSweden, residing at New Britain,in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in plows; and the main object ofour improvement is to construct a plowof superior strength anddurability at a small cost.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our plow.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged verticalsection of the landside of our plow on the line a: a; of Fig. 1, theother side being shown in elevation and some of the parts be-- ingbroken off. Fig. i is a reverse plan of the main portion of our plowwith parts broken ofi. Fig. 5 is a detached side elevation of the shoefor the moldboard side of the plow.

\Ve build the main portion of our plow upon the frame 5, whose verticalside forms the principal portion of the landside of the plow, saidvertical side being provided at its lower edge with rabbeted ears 6 7(the contours of which are indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1) and witha rabbeted upper edge 8 to receive a portion of the plow-beam 9. Saidframe at its forward end is also provided with a moldboard and shareflange 10, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and as indicated by broken lines inFig. 2. e secure a steel shoe 11 to the rabbeted ears at the lower edgeof said frame on the landside by means of rivets or bolts 12, lettingthe forward end of said shoe reach out and lap upon the share 13. Saidplowshare is also formed of steel, and it is secured to the flange 10 bya bolt 14. The moldboard 17 is formed of sheet-steel bent to form andsecured to the flange 10 by bolts 15. A shoe 16, of steel, is secured tothe heel of the moldboard 17 by means of a bolt or screw 18, on whichsaid shoe can swing, and a second bolt or screw 10, that passes througha slot 20,

Fig. 5, of said shoe and the moldboard,whereby upon loosening the bolt19 the heel of the shoe may be raised or lowered, as may be desired, andthen secured in place by tightening up said bolt.

tion of the frame by bolts 22.

The plow-beam 9 and one of the handle-' arms 21 are formed in one andthe same continuous piece of wrought-iron or steel and are firmlysecured to the upper rabbeted por- The plowbeam may be provided at itsforward end with any desired form of clevis 23 and may also be providedwith any desired form of colter 24. The other handle-arm 25, also ofwrought-iron or steel, is bolted to the moldboard, and a cross-brace 26extends from the moldboard to the rear upper corner of the frame 5, thesame bolts that hold the handlearms in place also serving to hold saidcrossbrace. Other braces 27, 28, and 29, Fig. 2, are also secured to thehandle-arms, and said arms are provided at the upper and rear ends withhandles 30,- of wood or other desired material.

e claim as our invention 1. A plow comprising the frame forming the mainportionof the landside and also, the share and moldboard flange, thelandsideshoe secured to said frame, the share and moldboard secured tosaid flange, the continuous metal plow-beam and handle-arm bolted to therabbeted upper edge of said frame, a companion metal handle-arm andcrossbraces, substantially as described.

2. A plow having a bent-up sheet-steel moldboard and the moldboard-shoe16 bolted upon the inner side of the moldboard-heel and slotted at oneend for vertical adjustment thereon, substantially as described.

3. A plow having a cast-metal frame with rabbeted ears at its loweredge, a rabbeted upper edge, and the moldboard and share flange 10 atits forward end, a steel shoe secured to the rabbeted cars at the loweredge of said frame, a share abutting against said shoe and extendingover a portion of said flange 10 to which it is bolted, the sheet-metalmoldboard also bolted to said flange 10,a plowbeam, handle-arms, andcross braces, substantially as described.

HENNING A. FRIDEN. ANDREXV SWAN SON.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, A. \V. STIPEK.

